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Property from a Distinguished East Coast Collection

Henry Moore

Mother with Child on Lap

Auction Closed

November 19, 11:13 PM GMT

Estimate

800,000 - 1,200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Distinguished East Coast Collection

Henry Moore

1898 - 1986


Mother with Child on Lap

inscribed Moore and numbered 3/9

bronze

height: 32 ¼ in. 81.9 cm.

Conceived in 1982 and cast in 1985 by Fiorini Ltd., London in an edition of 9 plus 1 artist’s proof.


This work is recorded in the archives of the Henry Moore Foundation.

Estate of the artist

Jeffery H. Loria & Co., New York

Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1986)

Gagosian Gallery, New York (acquired from the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exh. Cat., Helsinki, Didrichsenin Taidemuseo, Henry Moore in Memoriam, 1987, n.p., illustration of another cast

Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1981-86, vol. 6, London, 1988, no. 870, p. 51, pls. 97-99, illustrations of another cast

Exh. Cat., Much Hadham, Henry Moore Foundation, Henry Moore: Mother and Child, 1992, no. 56, p. 97, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Switzerland, Castel Grande de Bellinzona and Naples, Castel Nuovo, Henry Moore: gliultimi 10 anni, 1995, no. 35, p. 96, illustration of other casts

Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1980-1986, London, 1999, no. 870, p. 53, pls. 108-10, illustrations of other casts

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